What Up Shorty?, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
My View of Life on the Dock
This was posted earlier in the week. We’ll try it again for a rainy Saturday afternoon.
You can find these people in the GMG posts in the past week:
1 Barend Lamyol
2. Rakm Grin
3. Emki Belgrind
4. Hadon Ozarizdin
5. Ilewil Aredlanex
6. Neog Lomloden
7. Nohj Nithanil
8. Ayj Trebla
9. Obb Othyotwn
10. Nadmo Signmumc
Good luck!
Old photo time. This was a tuna caught off Gloucester around 1975. That’s me when I was about 16 years old. Caught aboard the Bluefin II out of Revere, MA
Beautiful Industry- Hydraulic Control Aboard The Stanley Thomas, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Below the hauling station aboard Johnny “Doc” Herrick’s Dog & I is another example of the hydraulic control which operates the lobster boat’s pot hauler.

From the Beacon–

The Schooner Adventure, a historic schooner that is the last of the “Gloucesterman,” or the great Gloucester Grand Banks fishing schooners, is calling on its supporters and friends to vote for it as it competes for funding dollars from the Partnership in Preservation. American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation named the Gloucester Adventure one of 25 historic sites in Massachusetts that are eligible for part of $1 million in preservation grants. Click here to read more.
From the Beacon–
West End Sweets will be open seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. The store’s first day of business will be on Friday, May 1 and the grand opening, featuring Wally the Green Monster, will be on Sunday, May 3, from 2-4 p.m.
West End Sweets will offer ice cream, slush, sundaes, Seine Boat floats, flurries, banana splits, frappes, freezes, protein shakes, fruit smoothies, spumoni, espresso, coffee, hot dogs, old fashioned candy and ice cream cannolis.
Our signature item is the Storm where customers can choose one of our five Storm Station creations that include ice cream and mix-ins. West End Sweets offers more than 40 mix-ins as well as more than 20 combined ice cream and frozen yogurt ice cream flavors.
The highlight of the Grand Opening weekend is Sunday, May 3, from 2-4 p.m. as Wally the Green Monster from the Boston Red Sox will meet and greet the customers. The first 100 children to visit Wally will get a Mascot Photo Card.
Any customer who purchases an ice cream that day will also be entered into a raffle where the winner will receive two tickets to the sold out Mother’s Day game between the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays. The drawing will be held at 6 p.m.
Cape Seafoods Herring Boat Flushes Its Hold